Gilbert Hitchcock

Gilbert Hitchcock (18 September 1859-3 February 1934) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NE 2) from 4 March 1903 to 4 March 1905 (succeeding David Henry Mercer and preceding John L. Kennedy) and from 4 March 1907 to 4 March 1911 (succeeding Kennedy and preceding Charles O. Lobeck), as well as US Senator from 4 March 1911 to 4 March 1923 (succeeding Elmer Burkett and preceding Robert B. Howell).

Biography
Gilbert Hitchcock was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1859, the son of US Senator Phineas Warren Hitchcock. He worked as a lawyer before founding the Omaha World-Herald newspaper, and he became a Democratic Party member due to his support for William Jennings Bryan's agrarian stances. Hitchcock served in the US House of Representatives from 1903 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1911, and he also served as a US Senator from 1911 to 1923. He returned to his newspaper business, and he retired to Washington DC in 1933, dying there a year later.